Improved pabing-inife foe boots and shoes



@uitrit -ttt @attent @frn WILLIAM DE CAMP, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND A. R. E. FALGK, OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 78,363, dated May 26, 1868.

` IMPROVED PARING-KNIPE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM DE CAMP,'ot` the city of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of vNew Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Paring-Kniv'es for Trim-ming the Soles of Boots' and Shoes; and l do declare the following to be a full. and exact description of the same, reference being had herein to -the drawings that accompany this specication `as `part of the s anle. i

The nature of my improvement consists in a peculiar guide and guard, adjustable to any thicknesslof sole, l for a paring-knife, and which insures an avoidance of cutting the upper leather of theboot or shoe. In the drawings- Figure 1 is the complete tool.

Figure 2 denotes the adjusting-wedge to guide the'd'epth of the out by the knife.

Figure 3 shows the adjustable guard to accommodate varied thiclnessof soles.

The same letters, refer to the same part in each figure. i v

A handle, A, of wood or other suitable material, is made with an end of the requiredlength, having a groove, Z, therein'.

A. thin metallic piece, y, is attached to the extremo end ofthe slot or grooved handle, against which the point of `the knife B impinges, being held thereto by the spiral `spring W on the shank of the knife, the knife being removed, when necessary, by nnhooking the cap-piece D.. The edge of the piece y when in use is inserted between the sole and the upper leather in the joint, and, when pressedto the bottom, guides and regulates'tbe cutting by the knife. The piece y being between the point of the knife and the upper, there is no danger of cutting the upper-leather. l

' The knife B passes through, fitting in the adjustable guide-piece V. -This piece is moved to and frate accommodate it to varied thickness of soles by means ofthe screw S and the thumb-nut ron the end of the handle A, a thread being out for the screw through the shank ofthe piece/V at n', iig. 3.

To lower or heighten the point of the knife, a wedge, C, is movable under the shoulders of V, the wedge being held in place by the thumb-nut p, and the adjustable guide by the thumb-nut g. Y

The screw S passes loosely through the shankof the wedge C, at o.

What I claim, and desire to secure, is- A Y The handle A', guide-piece y, adjuster V, wodgc'G, knife B, and the screw S, all combined, constructed, and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose specitied and shown.

WILLIAM DE CAMP.

Witnesses:

W. M. Goonme, SIDNEY U. EDWARDS. 

